Design for a Stage Sets Groin-vaulted Stairway Leading to a Gallery with Another Stairway to a Second Story at Left (recto); Slight Sketch Traced Through form the Recto and Reworked (verso).
1698–1765
Pen and gray ink, brush with brown and gray wash (recto); Graphite or black chalk (verso)
15.6 × 11.1 cm (6.1 × 4.4 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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